Dong-ju Moon is back to normal. But is there a possibility that he will be excluded from the opening starting rotation? Who's the 5th starter?
Feb 25, 2025
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The starting lineup of the Hanwha Eagles this season has been completed up to four starters. Ryu Hyun-jin and Cody Ponce and Ryan Weiss are also preparing for the season. In addition, Um Sang-baek, who signed a four-year contract worth a total of 7.8 billion won ahead of this season, will definitely fill a starting position.
Moon Dong-ju was the most likely candidate for the fifth starting position. Moon Dong-joo, who joined Hanwha as the first nominee for the 2022 Rookie Draft, won 8-8 with a 3.72 ERA in 2023 and ranked 'New King'.
Last year, he went 7-7 with a 5.17 ERA in 21 games. In 13 games in the first half, he struggled somewhat with 3-6 losses and a 6.92 ERA, but in the second half, he stabilized with 4-1 losses and a 2.60 ERA in eight games. However, he finished the season early due to shoulder pain in the second half of the year, and eventually began rehabilitation.
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He started pitching in the first camp in Melbourne, Australia, but has yet to improve his physical condition as much as other starting pitchers. Yang Sang-moon, Hanwha pitching coach, said, "(Moon) Dong-ju took a rest at the end of Australia and is now back to normal"We're going to start pitching in the bullpen in Okinawa soon."
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Compared to other players, there were fewer opportunities to improve their sense of practice. However, rather than rushing to join the opening starting rotation, he plans to slowly and completely return to the stage. In the end, there is a possibility that the opening starting rotation will also fail. Coach Yang said, `Even if you can't start in the beginning, for example, you can move on when you become a pitchman because you have experience in starting while playing a bullpen. "If we start from now on, it may be difficult to increase the number of pitches, so let's prepare only what we can do healthy now," he said.
Coach Yang continued "Even if you're not necessarily a starter, there's no problem if you go in after about a month. I don't think there's any need to prepare for selection in a hurry because it's tight. I try not to stress myself too much. First, I threw it healthy and made it and asked to go."
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Ahead of this season, we have properly prepared for the season. He aimed for solid growth by doing personal training in the U.S. at his own expense. In a practice game against the Australian national team on the 16th, he also showed results with two hits, four outs, seven strikeouts, and one run in two ⅓ innings. There were some walks, but there were also disappointing S-zone decisions, so it was not such a negative signal.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
